DUBLIN, Ireland–LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs –Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c44097) has announced the addition of “Law and Families” to their offering. This volume highlights important classic and contemporary works by law and society scholars who analyze the complex and often highly political relationship between law and families. Featuring authors from Australia, Canada, England and […]

LONDON – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Allen & Overy is advising United Biscuits, a leading European manufacturer of biscuits and snacks, on its agreed sale from Cinven and MidOcean partners to the purchasing consortium of The Blackstone Group LP and PAI partners for GBP 1.6 billion (USD 3 billion). The deal is

Manager Embezzled Funds for Approximately 10 Years SAN JOSE – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Rose Magpantay Valdez, was sentenced today in San Jose before Judge Jeremy Fogel. to 33 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. She

New York, October 25, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Dewey Ballantine LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, two leading global law firms, announced today that the firms’ respective Management and Executive Committees have made initial recommendations to their partners about combining into a new firm named Dewey Orrick LLP that

Ivy Kagan Bierman and Susan Zuckerman Williams Honored by Women’s Image Network with WOW! Awards LOS ANGELES – October 25, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Ivy Kagan Bierman and Susan Zuckerman Williams, both partners in the Entertainment Department in the Los Angeles office, have

Relief Includes Officer-and-Director Bar and Nearly $2.4 Million in Disgorgement and Interest Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – The Securities and Exchange Commission today settled civil fraud charges against the former Chief Financial Officer of Comverse Technology, Inc., David Kreinberg, under an agreement which provides for the payment

Served as Pro Bono Partner at Chadbourne since 1999 New York, NY – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – October 24, 2006 – Bernard W. McCarthy, recently retired as Pro Bono Partner at Chadbourne & Parke LLP, was the honoree on October 19 at “Raising the Bar,” an event to benefit the Legal Services

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.–LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs –Just two weeks before the first scheduled trial in the Texas state-wide proceedings, a Texas woman has dropped her VIOXX suit against Merck & Co. This is the fourth case set for trial in the Texas state-wide proceedings to be dismissed before trial could even begin. The